Weird Car names you've heard

[Jacobfox]

I know that there are many strange names for cars out there, such as the Mazda Bongo Friendee, the Geely Beauty Leopard or the Mitsubishi Pajero (pajero means wanker in Spanish). If you know of one, write it down.

 

[swek]

Behold the beauty of the Gaylord Gladiator V8.

 

[Roman]

The brand new Buick LaCrosse.

In French could be translated to something like Buick TheHoax.

Would you be tempted to buy a car with a name like that ? :S

I predict a name change or poor sales in Qu?bec, favoring the latter.

 

[mmap]

Hmm, remember reading somewhere that the LaCrosse was renamed because it was also a slang word for wanking in Canada...

 

[Jacobfox]

My personal favorites are the Honda Lifedunk and the Honda 2.0L Stream. Sounds like what happens if you have a few too many pints at the pub.

 

[Jacobfox]

Then there is the Chevy Nova, which never sold well in Latin America because No Va means won't go. And the Ford Pinto, which continues the tradition of naming cars about stuff having to do with wangs. Pinto means small penis in Portuguese.

 

[swek]

Then there is the Chevy Nova, which never sold well in Latin America because No Va means won't go.

This is a urban legend. http://www.snopes.com/business/misxlate/nova.asp

 

[Jacobfox]

More odd names

More odd names

The Daihatsu naked, which is anything but

The Lifedunk

The Mazda Laputa which means "the whore" in Spanish

The Mazda proceed marvie, three letter summation: WTF

The Toyota Opa, doesn't exactly bring to mind fond memories of slamming glasses of ouzo,

 

[Jacobfox]

Nobody can forget lotus, which many people belived stood for Lots Of Trouble Usually Serious...it didn't.

 

[Svempa]

I think the Daihatsu Applause sounds silly.

"I drive an Applause" Sounds kinda dumb.

 

[tloekke]

This has probably been mentioned before, but I find it so funny I'll say it again.
Honda was going to release the car now known as Jazz into the scandinavian market under the name Fitta. The problem was that Fitta means, at least in swedish and norwegian, pussy. They had also made some taglines, which went like this (translated): "Honda Pussy is small on the outside, but big on the inside", "Honda Pussy, the size is small but the surprise is big" and "Honda Pussy is a daily delight".
Cracks me up everytime :lol:

 

[ioynerien]

In France the Tojota MR2 is called the Tojota MR
reason: MR2 can be pronounced as "merdeux" which means shitty, crappy

 

[Redliner]

And the Ford Pinto, which continues the tradition of naming cars about stuff having to do with wangs. Pinto means small penis in Portuguese.

Pinto is slang for penis, not necessarilly small.

Here, the Honda Jazz is called the Honda Fit. People very often call it the "Honda Fiat"...

 

[Roman]

Hmm, remember reading somewhere that the LaCrosse was renamed because it was also a slang word for wanking in Canada...

That too. :lol:

 

[kem]

The Renault Twingo cracks me up...

 

[clem]

In France the Tojota MR2 is called the Tojota MR
reason: MR2 can be pronounced as "merdeux" which means shitty, crappy

much more like " hey merdeux !"

 

[Jacobfox]

The nanjing yuejin special lucky Carrys. So basically it is a super fun happy go lucky sort of car. i think they just threw on as many adjectives as they could think of and said "ok, the public will be so blown away by the name that they won't care that it sucks. Also there is the Nanjing yuejin special Mr. Riches... I thought that you spent money on a car, not the other way around.

 

[cvrefugee]

Pinto means small penis in Portuguese.

I always thought it was pilo, because I sometimes got pilho (battery) mixed up with pilo (penis).

And pica is bad, I think.

 

[massy]

Re: More odd names

Re: More odd names

The Toyota Opa, doesn't exactly bring to mind fond memories of slamming glasses of ouzo,

Opa in Dutch means grandfather, this would have been fun if this car would have been for sale over here.

 

[jasonchiu]

nissan gloria <- wtf?